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Re: A-Z - Missing or Vanished People

Tracy Marie Kroh

Kroh was last seen at the Alex Acres Trailer Park off Pennsylvania Route 147 at 10:00 p.m. on August 5, 1989. She was trying to visit her sister and brother-in-law who resided at the park, but they were not at home. She dropped off a barbecue grill and some grocery store coupons on their front steps. Kroh never arrived back at her family's house in Millersburg, Pennsylvania and has not been seen again. The trailer park is approximately seven miles west of her own home. She was not reported missing until the next day because her parents thought she had spent the night at her sister's home, as she often did. They called police after finding out Kroh was not at her sister's house.
Kroh was carrying a small purse with thin straps and an image of a horse or unicorn imprinted on the side at the time of her disappearance. Her key ring featured an image of the cartoon character Roger Rabbit. Her blue-striped white 1971 Mercury Comet was located at the town square in Millersburg the following evening, August 6, 1989. A photo of Kroh's car is posted below this case summary. Her belongings were not inside the vehicle and there was no trace of Kroh. Parts of her wallet, including her driver's license and National Honor Society card, were found in December 1993, over four years after Kroh initially vanished. The wallet located in an area along Wiconisco Creek, off Rakers Mill Road in Washington Township, nine miles from Millersburg.

Authorities believe Kroh may have been on her way to see her boyfriend when she disappeared; his parents lived a short distance away from the Millersburg town square. Police have focused the investigation on Kroh's boyfriend and his family over the years. Kroh's boyfriend's brother stated his family had been cooperative with the investigation and were innocent of involvement in Kroh's disappearance, and that the investigation has been mishandled.

In 1994, a missing children's hotline received a bizarre anonymous call about Kroh's case. The caller stated that he or she had seen Kroh together with Tiffany Sessions and Elizabeth Miller and that the three young women were being held against their will in Austin, Texas and forced to work as prostitutes. Sessions disappeared from Florida in 1989, and Miller from Colorado in 1983, and no one had suggested the cases were related. The tipster claimed the three women were being held by a man named Thomas Stewart and traveling in a white van with Florida license plates and a blue/gray van with unknown license plates. Police from all three states investigated the tip but decided it was probably a hoax.

Kroh does not have a history of running away from home. She left $300 behind in her bedroom and $400 in her bank account. Authorities believe that she was abducted by person(s) unknown. Investigators stated that she most likely knew her attacker(s). Kroh's case remains unsolved.